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A Detailed Picture Of "Inca City"

Posted by timothy on from the cute-pictures dept.

Illuminati Member writes "Space.com has an article that shows off new, high quality pictures, from the Mars Global Surveyor, that shows what Inca City truely is. In 1972 the Mariner 9 took some snapshots of Mars and one picture showed ridges formed in a peculier manner. This was eventually dubbed 'inca city' for its unusual formation. Now, the MGS has given us the true picture of this anomaly. Interesting thing was how the formations could possibly be more proof of the existance of water. The intensity as the picture was beamed to us from the satellite was high, and the excitment at what it showed was grand."

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  1. Dispelling the rumors is good... by jungd · · Score: 3, Funny

    It would be better if the new high-res pictures could be more easily identified with the originals (I know it is hard with the difference in lighting angles, etc.)

    I can just imagine what the conspiracy theorists are thinking now - 'those are not pictures of the same features - cover up! cover up!'

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  2. Best quote from the article by MobyDisk · · Score: 5, Funny
    One photo is among the highest-resolution ever obtained...It resolves the surface to 5 feet (1.5 meters) per pixel...Objects the size of school buses can be seen in the full size image, the scientists say, though there is no evidence for any such transportation devices on the planet.
    You know, they had to put that last part in there because, otherwise, some tabloid would summarize the whole article as "Evidence of school buses found on Mars!"
  3. Maybe it's not water and maybe it is by RedWolves2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "liquid hot magma" --Doctor Evil